Five Tips for Overcoming Phone Anxiety

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[jodyjane]

why does this have to be a thing 😭 i feel like im cursed with this stupid anxiety. i can't be like this forever, ill never get through life if im afraid of speaking to people 😭

[coco-ceiw]

Who else is watching this like 30 minutes before an important phone call?(':

[akiraandrews]

Guys I just realized if we had to call each other none of us would have the courage to do it 😭 😂

[makaylastv]

I swear I thought I was the only one I’m soo scared and nervous and never picked up the phone

[laracroft]

I am getting my phone anxiety heightened just by watching this video.

[eilenkatarinalunde]

I'm terrified of phone calls :(:(:(

[SparklesNJazz]

it’s so weird, the act of dialing a number and hearing the phone ring is infinitely worse than actually talking on the phone. my anxiety is up during this but once someone answers and i respond, i calm down, cause they’re more often nice than not. 🙄🙄 why it gotta be like this

[moongirlswanderlust]

I’m scared of phone calls with new online friends because I have the strong fear that my relationship with them is only “virtual” (with texts) and once we actually talk with our voice we have nothing to say and can’t keep the conversation going. it applies to meeting in real life too. this would be a big let down for me, as I sadly have high expectations, so I would feel like I “lost” that person just because the call wouldn’t match how we text and it would destruct my perfect idea of friendship with them. I would like to overcome this fear though because I’m sure there are some people out there who are passionate about how they text just as how they talk, be it a call or real life conversation.

[cjbird]

So far all of these videos skip over the casual phone call, between family members, friends, and potential friends. The open ended, unpredictability of these types of calls makes my anxiety amp up a lot. More so than a call with a specific purpose

[SittingWolfFPVandParanormal]

I can talk on the phone but as far as dialing to make a call I can't do

[billjones]

Whenever I know I have to take a phone call, I keep dreading the day as it gets closer, running through all the bad possibilities in my head and trying to plan what to say right until the phone rings. I answer it very robotically -- letting 2 or 3 beeps go by to make it seem like I wasn't just sitting there, huddled up in a blanket and staring at the phone. Then during the call I'll be very quiet, mostly relying on strategically timed variations of "OK"; "Yeah", "Right", "Mhm", to make it sound like I'm actively listening when in reality I'm just sweating and shaking and waiting for the call to end. If it's just a random call, especially from a private number, I don't pick up. I know you can only overcome phobias by exposing yourself to them, but it's just so much stress for me, only to find out it was a spam call or something.

[mollycornish]

Even if it’s someone I know like a teacher, I still break down in tears

[friendlyneighborhoodroach]

I have to make a dentist appointment but my anxiety has been vibe checking me ✌️😔

[mariafreiji]

I have no trouble speaking to anyone in real life but not on the phone 😅

[LordJashin]

The illustrated face reminds me of lemongrab.

[sashty]

I've come to the point where I actually got so nervous talking to someone over the phone, that later I started feeling dizzy and sick...still feel sick the day after

[arronwhitehead]

Been trying to gain the courage to call my doctors for the past 30 mins and I just can’t do it

[fanboy]

My biggest problem would be number 3.
I don't seem to really have hearing problems, but I struggle SO MUCH with understanding what the person is saying when i'm talking on the phone, I get incredibly embarrased when I ask them to repeat like 2 or 3 times because I couldn't understand what they said even AFTER the repeats, and it's just really bad when I still didn't understand and just decide to answer something random like a "yeah" after that. I wish phone calls would sound more clear.

[elic]

I don't know why but when I call someone, I panic. I don't know why, I just do.

[lauraxoxo]

a boy i’ve been talking to wants to call me tonight and i’m about to cry